SHE KILLS MONSTERS

August 15 - September 14, 2014
By Qui Nguyen
Directed by Randy Baker
Fight Choreography by Casey Kaleba
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center

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It’s the 1990s in suburban Ohio and Tilly lives among the most fearsome creatures known to man: American high school students. She copes with the stress by creating an elaborate Dungeons & Dragons module where she plays out her fears and fantasies in a world she controls. When Tilly dies unexpectedly, her older sister Agnes has no choice but to run the gauntlet of this mysterious world, battling and befriending the strange and fantastic monsters her sister has created.

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FEATURE ARTICLES:
DCIST: “Preview: She Kills Monsters @ Rorschach Theatre”
DC Theatre Scene: “Geeks do theatre: creating She Kills Monsters at Rorschach”
WTOP: “She Kills Monsters: Dungeons & Dragons for the grownup crowd”

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Though Dungeons & Dragons has often been characterized as an escapist crutch for those struggling in gym class, She Kills Monsters channels the game’s traits of imagination and innovation allowing Agnes to come face to face with her and her sister’s demons and in the end prevailing mightily. The warning at the beginning of the play proves accurate: D&D is not therapy. It’s shock therapy.”

DC Theatre Scene

She Kills Monsters is sponsored in part by generous contributions from:
The Share Fund, Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny, Jeffrey Cunard, The Dobranski Foundation, Carl & Undine Nash, John Nilsson & Jennifer Knight and Victor Shargai

 

FEATURING

Claire Aniela
Tori Boutin
Louis E. Davis
Joshua Dick
Maggie Erwin
Amanda Forstrom
Rebecca Hausman
Emma Lou Hébert
Emily Kester
Robert Pike
Seth Rosenke
Rachel Viele

Designers

Lighting Brian S. Allard
Sound Palmer Hefferan
Props Britney Mongold
Set Ethan Sinnott
Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny

STAFF

Stage Manager Becky Reed
AD Kristen Pilgrim
Dramaturg Megan Reichelt
Dance Choreographer Sarah Taurchini
Technical Director Christian Sullivan
Master Electrician Jeanie McAlpine
ASM Medha Marsten

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

Photos by Ryan Maxwell Photography

PRESS

"If you lived through the 1990’s, and especially if you were young during that time, you’ll recognize these characters instantly, and this production is made to tickle your nostalgia thoroughly. But more than that (and if you don’t remember 1995 with fondness), this production is an excellent expression of a deep script, and, put simply, Rorschach’s SHE KILLS MONSTERS is fantastic storytelling. See it."
Broadway World
Nguyen’s SHE KILLS MONSTERS succeeds in introducing the world of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons to the outside world while never condescending to its adherents. In director Randy Baker’s vibrant production for Rorschach Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, it’s also a celebration of the mid-90s, a time now 20 years past, with all of its flashy (and nostalgically familiar) musical cues and dances…it’s fairly spectacular.”
MD Theatre Guide